India, July 6 -- When former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi held a show of strength at his Morinda residence, the turnout from his Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency was thin. Of the sitting Congress MLAs from the constituency, only Shahkot legislator Hardev Singh Laddi Sherowalia attended the meeting convened after Channi was appointed chairman of the party's campaign committee for the 2027 Punjab assembly elections. The other four - Sukhwinder Kotli, Pargat Singh, Vikramjit Chaudhary and Avtar Henry Juniour - stayed away. Channi was reportedly miffed over not being made president of the state unit.

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